My brother is an executor of my mother's will together with my other brother. At the time of my mother's death and for some years previous to then he was living with my mother rent free. My mother had a chronic respiratory illness and her health deteriorated over a number of years . Because my brother was living with her,and without consulting any of his siblings he took over a good deal of her care although my 2 other siblings and I contributed to her care also.I should say that my mother did not need full time care until a few weeks before her death and we all helped with that.My brother is self employed and is now saying that because of caring for my mother he lost a proportion of his income and after discussion with a solicitor feels he has a good case for pursuing this loss of earnings from my mother's estate. He has remained living at her home rent free since her death.

I seer. No he does not have a good case to recovering a share of the estate for her care unless it was agreed at the time. I would be minded to either discuss this with him and explain it or get a solicitor to write a more formal letter to him. Happy to discuss but please rate positive

Strictly speaking he would not be taking an action against the beneficiaries. He would be bring a claim against the estate - the estate should not approve his claim - that would be a conflict of interest. He would not be acting in the best interest of the estate and as such thus the beneficiaries. Please now rate positive.

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